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Syllabus

Students, If your final semester grade does not match with the grade in the gradebook on Blackboard, it is for one of two reasons: 1. Your grade is higher because of exceptional participation and attendance. 2. Your grade is lower because of poor attendance. (Refer to the syllabus for the attendance policy.) Grades are final. Please refrain from emailing me asking for a change in grade unless you think a true error has occurred.


 * Class on Monday, April 25**
 * Students will present final projects about images/words/conflict.
 * Homework: None, but students MUST ATTEND our final class on Wedensday, April 27 to finish any presentations and to fill out evaluation forms.

Students will accomplish the following in class today:
 * Class on Wednesday, April 20**
 * review the details for the final assignment
 * complete a prospectus (see below)
 * conference individually with instructor
 * work on the final project.

Prospectus---Copy the following questions, type your answers, and upload your document to Turnitin:
 * 1) Describe your project including the conflict you will portray, the medium you will use, and the genre.
 * 2) How long do you anticipate working on the project?
 * 3) Do you need any help?
 * 4) List any concerns or questions you have about the final project.
 * 5) Are you working individually or with someone else?
 * 6) Will you be able to link or embed your project on your wiki page? If not, describe how you anticipate the project will be shared/evaluated.


 * Homework:** Complete final project by Monday and be prepared to share with the class.

We will be watching the film Persepolis in class. The film is based on the graphic novel of the same name. During the film, type answers to **four** of the following questions. Upload your answers (as one document) to Turnitin on our Blackboard site. Also, be sure to look ahead at the final assignment for English 112.
 * Class on Monday, April 18**

Questions
 * 1) How is revolution portrayed in the movie?
 * 2) How are America and American culture represented?
 * 3) What hope of resolution of the conflict between the people and their repressive government does Persepolis offer?
 * 4) What smaller conflicts are represented in the story?
 * 5) Why would a comic book be the best way to tell this story?
 * 6) Who are the heroes of Satrapi’s story? And what makes them heroic? How do Marjane’s ideas about heroism change in the course of her narrative?
 * 7) How would you describe the style of Satrapi’s drawings? How does this style contribute to the story that she tells?
 * 8) What do you consider the main strengths of using images to tell this story? What are the main limitations of doing so?
 * 9) What traditional novels that you’ve read do you think might be better in this graphic format? Why?
 * 10) Why do you think Satrapi chose to tell her story in words and images? What does the combination make possible that words or images alone would not?


 * Homework:** Look over the final assignment. On Wednesday, you will be completing a prospectus for this assignment and conferencing. The final assignment is due on Monday, April 25.


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